Shoehorn



E. W. WALTER.

-SHOEHORN.,

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 1921.

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Application filed September T0 all/whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERN WV. VVALTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at lVoOdlynne, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey,have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoehorns, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and novel construction in a shoe horn andhas for its object the provision of a pulling device in combination witha shoe horn of ordinary or well known formation whereby the shoe may bepulled over the heel of the foot as the latter is guided into the shoeby the shoe horn proper.

Another object of the invention is to produce a pulling device in theform of a stirrup provided with a shank, the latter having a shoe hornof standard construction loosely and slidably mounted thereon by meansof a projection with a hole therethrough registering with the shank,said projection acting as a finger holdwhereby the horn may be withdrawnfrom the shoe.-

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of. elements hereinafter set forth and thenspecifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains, may understand how to make and use the same, I will describeits construction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this application, in which i Fig. 1, is a sideelevation of a shoe, a portion of which is broken away and sectioned,illustrating the application of my improved shoe horn.

Fig- 2, is a front elevation of the shoe horn.

Fig. 3, is a plan view thereof.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied, 2 represents a pullingmember preferably made from a single piece of wire and consisting of ashank 3 with a loop 4 to provide a hand hold at one or the upper endanda stirrup 5 at the other or lower end which is offset from the shankas shown in Fig. 1.

The reference numeral 6 denotes the shoe horn proper, hereinafterreferred to as the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 2851922,

16, 1921. SerialNo. 501,117.

horn, which is of the standard or ordinary formation and at the upperend of this horn is produced a projection 7 arranged at a suitable angleto the body of the horn so that it may be used as a finger hold towithdraw the horn from the shoe. Said projection is provided with a hole8 for registration with the shank of the pulling member whereby the hornis loosely and slidably mounted on the shank of said pulling member. Thehorn is not detachable from the pulling member.

The horn being loosely and slidably mounted with relation to the pullingmember enables the user to first place the stirrup over the rearportionof the shoe and under the heel so that the crosspiece of the stirrup maybe caused to engage the arch portion of the shoe and the front edge ofthe heel and then insert the horn within the shoe as plainly shown inFig. 1.

Whenthe parts are in the positions described and illustrated the userplaces his foot in the shoe and then pulls upon the pulling member bymeans of the hand hold 4 which will cause the shoe to be drawn upon thefoot, the horn guiding the heel of the foot into the shoe in the wellknown manner.

After the shoe is on the foot the horn 6 is withdrawn by gripping thefinger hold 7 and sliding the same along the shank 3 and when said hornis withdrawn the pulling member may be removed from the shoe as will beobvious or the pulling member may be first disengaged from the shoe bysliding the shank thereof through the hole in the pro jection of thehorn until released from the shoe heel and then thrown back after whichthe horn may be withdrawn.

0f course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details ofconstruction as herein shown as these may be varied within the limits ofthe appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and usefulis 1. A device of the character stated consisting of a pulling membercomprising a shank having a loop at one end to produce a hand hold andan offset stirrup at the other end and a horn'undetachably, loosely andslidably mounted on the shan f the pulling member.

2-. In a device of this character, a pulling ing member to loosely andslidably mount member constructed from a single piece of said horn onthe pulling member, said prowire consisting of a shank, a hand hold atjection forming a finger hold for the purpose 10 its upper end and astirrup at the lower end stated.

5 offset from said shank and a horn provided In testimony whereof, Ihave hereunto with a. projection having a hole therethrou h afiixed mysignature.

for registration with the shank of the pull- ERN W. WALTER.

